It all started when I used my RU team in UU because I hate the UU team I made. It went way better than it does even in RU. So I next tried it in OU and worked well. Then I decided to try it in Ubers for kicks and giggles, and the giggles were so great. PPA GOT IN ON IT TOO AFTER MY FIRST FIGHT AND ALSO HAD GREAT FUN HERE ARE OUR EPIC REPLAYS.

I also have no idea how fast/strong any of these Ubers Pokeymanz are supposed to be because I do not bother looking at their stats very often. Also my Hitmonlee had the wrong item for at least one of these. Supposed to be a Red Card. :( NOW WE WAIT FOR PPA'S

THIS WAS A GOOD IDEA RHIA. Playing in Ubers turned out to be very fun, since if you lose, it's often against overwhelming odds. Taking that into account, instead of fearing defeat and disappointment, I rather enjoy putting up a good fight—and am all the more proud if I actually win.

I am surprised by how slow many of these Ubers are, though. My Starmie and Choice Scarfed Gardevoir have no trouble outspeeding most of them.

At this point I decided that Kingler was of no use, and borrowed Rhia's Quagsire build instead, changing only its ability. I also traded Starmie's and Weezing's Thunderbolt for Thunder, and Gardevoir's Energy Ball for Grass Knight, both to better deal with Kyogre. Thunder on Weezing proved just too unreliable though, so I later changed that back.

I fought one guy, and the match ended in Gastrodon and Quagsire, both toxically poisoned and knowing Recover, facing off. Since I had other Pokémon in reserve, my victory was inevitable, and so my foe forfeited. But he wished for a rematch, which I gladly granted him: http://pokemonshowdown.com/replay/ubers-53243133

AT THIS POINT I WOULD LIKE TO MENTION JUST TO BREAK UP THIS WALL OF LINKS THAT UBERS IS FILLED WITH PEOPLE WHO CAN'T INTO POKEMON, SUPER TRYHARDS, PEOPLE WHO GET REALLY PISSED OFF WHENEVER THEY LOSE, AND PEOPLE WHO NEVER SAY GG UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCE. Also:

[13:28:08] <PSIGuest-416991789> I think I have only fought one person in Ubers who was aware of Unaware[13:28:30] <Irysa> LOL[13:28:30] <PSIGuest-416991789> :([13:28:35] <PSIGuest-416991789> I just used Attract on Mewtwo[13:28:37] <Irysa> I GUESS[13:28:38] <Irysa> YOU COULD SAY[13:28:46] <Irysa> (HELP STOP ME BEFORE I SAY IT)[13:28:48] <Irysa> THEY WERE[13:29:09] <Irysa> UNAWARE OF IT

HERE HAVE A HUGE BACKLOG OF AMUSING REPLAYS, I BELIEVE ORGANIZED MOSTLY BY TIME. So maybe you can see progression of teams. eh.

Also, quick note on one of the teams that shows up here (NOT THAT YOU NEED IT YOU ALL KNOW THE STORY): after doing a bunch of OU fights with my normal team I got really annoyed because literally none of the fights were ever fun because OU is a bunch of horrible people, I made a new team. A team of cute Pokemon who stood no chance, plus Umbreon because I'm pretty sure Swagger+Foul Play makes people mad. Then it was good.

I FELT LIKE POKEMONS SO I MADE A NEW TEAM GUYZ. PORYGON2/KECLEON RAI-INSPIRED, SWAGSIRE/DITTO BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION BY ASAPH I BELIEVE. CHANDELURE BECAUSE CHANDELURE AND PARASECT BECAUSE PARAS WAS AWESOME IN MY OLD OU TEAM AND PPA SEEMS TO BE MAKING PARASECT WORK IN NORMAL TEAMS. Also there's a lot because this team is shenanigans.

http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/ou-74190435 - that feel when you trace Wonder Guard against a team that doesn't seem to have any Fighting attacks and don't realize it. Not that I could have done anything to Shedinja anyway. This was before I realized Showdown won't let me name Chandelure Octillery and Ditto Muk, so bear with the lack of nicknames. And Shell Smashing+Rock Blasting this guy's Cloyster with his Cloyster was lovely. He got really mad, too...http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/ou-74202191 - People in OU give up so easily. I USED FAKE OUT ON CHANDELURE HOW CAN I FACE MY OPPONENT NOWhttp://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/ou-74208251 - Greninja vs. KeKeKe was amazing, and people still can't into Parasect. On the other hand, I can't into Rock types. I probably shouldn't be laughing at others.http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/ou-74443085 - This guy didn't know what his own Togekiss was capable of, didn't realize the silliness of Toxic Spikes + Thunder Wave, and then Porquegon made him forfeit because Porquegon.http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/ou-74452785 - This poor guy, man. He made so many questionable choices but in addition to those questionable choices being questionable the RNG clearly hated his guts. GRENINJA VS KECLEON AGAIN, WITH SHOCKING AND HILARIOUS AND CRUEL RESULTS. Also I forgot PUP wasn't priority and that's the only reason I didn't use it at the end. This poor, poor guy.http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/ou-74512252 - TRACING SPEED BOOST YEAAAAAHhttp://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/ou-74513116 - This was really nice, although I'm not sure the guy knew what he was doing. I don't even know how Mega Scizor does such little damage to Chandelure. Even if it was notveryeffective it should have done more. :(

AND THEN NEWUU WAS BORN.

http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/uubeta-74537800 - LCNHELP FIGHT. This amused me because of the chat, though the fight was alright too. For some reason we never answered the guy in German even though that's what started it.http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/uubeta-74743413 - This was fun and I liked this guy. Also Kecleon vs Kecleon is super disorienting and it took me a while to realize I was faster than him. Thought we'd be speedtied since I didn't touch my speed. Messed up with Ditto though, and as cool as Protean Porquegon sounds I couldn't really do much with it against a Kecleon.http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/uubeta-74748535 - IF THIS GUY HAD ONLY SUCKER PUNCHED CHANDELURE WITH ABSOL. Guy had no clue how to use Whimsicott, either. Seeing a lot of people who don't. They just spam Substitute even when I break it every turn. THAT ONLY WORKS IF YOU SEED ME GUYZ. Also, the guy underestimated his own Lilligant and it cost him the whole fight.http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/uubeta-74751773 - I think this guy thought he could just Manaphy for an easy win BUT THINK AGAIN YOU CAN'T BEAT PORQUEGON THAT WAY. And them teamwork killed Bisharp. Then Parasect kills half his team and YAY POISON KICKED IN I WAS HOPING IT WOULDhttp://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/ubers-74828800 - I DID TWO OR THREE UBERS FIGHTS AND IN THIS ONE PARASECT SLAYS XERNEAS. YEAAAH. This guy was silly in general actually, and basically let me kill his Blaziken with Chandelure.

So then we watched a game of some people we don't know and one of them had a Kecleon which we thought had recently been made illegal. SO WE WERE HARD AT WORK TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO DO THE THING AND SO KEKEKE WAS REBORN AND HERE'S MY FIRST FIGHT USING THE NEWOLDKEKEKE: http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/uubeta-75102595

After this point I took my break. When I came back to Pokemon the other day, I deleted all my teams and decided to start fresh. Then new UU happened. New UU has too many things that I feel forced into building for and I know I can't keep them all in check.

http://pokemonshowdown.com/replay/ou-74533752 - VS RHIA. First iteration of the current team I'm running. HAS A SWAGSIRE BATTLE IN THE MIDDLE. Also the eventual return of Cafetot, my old 4th gen Chatot, except with a new toy.

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MEGUMI NAKAJIMA.: ASAPH I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT BUT NOW CHATOT IS CONFUSEDMEGUMI NAKAJIMA.: AND IT'S OVER

At this point I decided I wanted to make a different team and try to avoid using Pokemon I'd used a lot as of then-recently, like Quagsire and Whimsicott. Quagsire gets replaced by Gastrodon, Rotom gets replaced by Jellicent, and Mienshao gets replaced by Mega Medicham. Whimsicott returns because of Manaphy existing in UU, and Ditto is too clutch to pass up. Also I really fucking love Chatot at this point.

So while all this was going on, the IRC channel was abuzz with theorycraft to handle all the UU threats. I don't remember who brought it up (might have been me actually), but I mentioned that Mantine gets Mirror Coat and thus can serve as a check to Manaphy. RHIA WAS EXCITED, ASAPH WAS PROBABLY MAD. I put it aside then. THE NEXT DAY I DECIDED TO TRY IT OUT. THUS ENTERS TEAM VERSION 3.

http://pokemonshowdown.com/replay/uubeta-75087073 - I like this fight a lot, even though it degrades into extremely heavy stall. Mantine actually gets used quite a bit, even though a lot of it is just switching purposes. IT GETS TO RECOVER OFF SCALDS AND THAT IS AWESOME. Also that guy didn't complain about the retarded stallfest so he gets props for that. Cool guy. Would not mind playing again.http://pokemonshowdown.com/replay/uubeta-75090214 - More for the chat, where Rai mentions him liking this guy's team, and this guy thinking I'm Rai. ALSO THIS GUY THINKS MY TEAM IS INTERESTING. Mantine underperforms here, but Krookodile picks up the weight.http://pokemonshowdown.com/replay/uubeta-75099132 - ENEMY CAFETOT. Except his owner didn't know what he was doing. ALSO MANTINE KILLING SOME PEOPLE WITH NOT-MIRROR COAT. Also that ending was really weird. Lost the speed coinflip, but because we both used Sucker Punch, I technically won the speed coinflip.http://pokemonshowdown.com/replay/uubeta-75113247 - DITTO SWEEP. Also, this battle will probably be the time where my Ditto's name is most appropriate.http://pokemonshowdown.com/replay/uubeta-75113822 - MANTINE VS. FLORGES. Also Ditto picking up the Flygon and Stealth Rock finish. Mantine vs Florges was really silly though because I KNEW he'd eventually attack into the Mirror Coat. It was just a matter of when. Also, for those curious:

THEN IT WAS UBERS TIME AGAIN. I don't remember what I had been using before but after a fight with Ho-oh and Yveltal and how they NEVER DIED Asaph told me to use rocks so I stuck Skarmory in my party and gave it Mimic BECAUSE WHO KNOWS MAYBE I'LL MIMIC OUTRAGE ON AN ALL-DRAGONS GUY ONE DAY. I think I was also hoping he would help against Xerneas but that was a silly thought.

At this point I figured I needed something to deal with Xerneas for real instead of just beating it with ??? every single fight. Decided on Assault Vest Victreebel, which doesn't work, because Xerneas has Psychic. On the other hand, he takes Aeroblasts like a champ.

AND THEN I BROUGHT THE TEAM INTO UU BECAUSE I WANTED TO SEE VICTREEBEL IN UU (so I had to kill off Skarmory, for my trusty Chandelure). This was the only fight I did:http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/uubeta-92242500MEGUMI NAKAJIMA.'s team: Quagsire / Chandelure / Ludicolo / Kecleon / Victreebel / UmbreonElusive Man's team: Absol / Weezing / Latias / Kingdra / Scrafty / Nidoking

I HAVE BEEN EXPERIMENTING WITH NEW TEAMS AND POKÉMON, AND A FEW NEW FAVOURITES HAVE EMERGED: LOPUNNY IS INCREDIBLY FUN AND CAN MESS WITH PEOPLE IN HILARIOUS WAYS, AND OFFENSIVE SCOLIPEDE IS A FANTASTIC SWEEPER SINCE NOBODY EXPECTS IT TO STAY IN AND ATTACK INSTEAD OF BATON PASSING OUT.ALSO WEEZING HAS BECOME EVEN MORE USEFUL THIS GEN WITH SO MANY BULKY PHYSICAL ATTACKERS AROUND. CLEFABLE HOWEVER HAS BEEN HURT BY ITS TYPE CHANGE. THE GAINED RESISTANCES DON'T MAKE UP FOR BEING WEAK TO STEEL, SINCE I WAS USING IT TO SURPRISE FLAMETHROWER THINGS LIKE FERROTHORN OR SCIZOR BEFORE, WHO CAN NOW OHKO IT. STALL TEAMS ALSO LESS COMMON NOW SO MAGIC GUARD HAS BECOME LESS USEFUL.

Besides the Lopunny/Scolipede/Weezing/bulky physical attacker/wish-passing eeveelution core I still haven't decided on the exact composition of my team, as can be seen in these older matches where I experimented a little:

http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/ou-88900377Bernd Lauert's team: Lopunny / Scolipede / Mawile / Weezing / Porygon2 / Vaporeonniaho's team: Charizard / Talonflame / Venusaur / Gliscor / Excadrill / NinetalesVery anrrowly defeated by a Gliscor. I would probably have won if I had went for a Wish instead of Scald near the end.

AS YOU CAN SEE I USED EVIOLITE PORYGON2 FOR A WHILE, BUT EVENTUALLY DROPPED IT. TRACE IS GIMMICKY AND USEFUL AT TIMES; BUT OVERALL THIS POKÉMON IS INEFFECTIVE AND NOT AS BULKY AS IT NEEDS TO BE.

http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/ou-89427002xswaggy's team: Sableye / Bisharp / Cloyster / Pinsir / Gliscor / MandibuzzBernd Lauert's team: Lopunny / Scolipede / Weezing / Porygon2 / Sylveon / CinccinoThis was the match after which I fell in love (figuratively) with Lopunny. The enemy broke through the core of my team, even 2HKOed Weezing, which shocked me, and left me with just Lopunny and Sylveon—and I won! Admittedly, he made a few nonsensical mistakes (like Sucker Punching Sylveon and Lopunny), but I'm still very pleased with how this battle went. (Also I had forgotten to give Cinccino any EVs or nature.)

THE COMBINATION OF A SOLID DEFENSIVE CORE IN WEEZING + ANY BULKEON AND LOPUNNY'S SHENANIGANS TO ROB THE OPPONENT OF THEIR MOMENTUM, AND A SETUP SWEEPER LIKE SCOLIPEDE OR MAWILE TO EXPLOIT THESE WINDOWS OF OPPORTUNITY WORKS VERY WELL. HOWEVER I STRUGGLE AGAINST POWERFUL ELECTRIC SPECIAL ATTACKS, AND SHOULD CONSIDER INCLUDING A GROUND TYPE ON MY TEAM. ANY SUGGESTIONS?

ON TO POO.http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/pu-177846224Legend0fBarry's team: Mothim / Linoone / Chatot / Hypno / Carbink / DrifblimMEGUMI NAKAJIMA.'s team: Kecleon / Parasect / Victreebel / Wooper / Rapidash / HaunterSometimes I think I make very bad choices that have a big impact. I thought I did with Drifblim. But then this guy ended up being another person who somehow manages to inflict a status effect on Kecleon at the worst time and I wasn't expecting it when I chose to use Facade and I don't think anyone could have predicted that I would use Facade either. I can't defend him for spamming Hypnosis on a poisoned Pokemon, though. That's all on him.